Russia receives no response to its proposal to Iran, S Arabia
TEHRAN (defapress) – Neither of the two Middle Eastern countries has responded to a Moscow initiative to serve as a mediator in their bilateral conflict, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Thursday.
On Wednesday, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail
Bogdanov said that Russia was ready to become a mediator in Saudi Arabia-Iran
contacts and was also prepared to provide a negotiation platform for them,
Sputnik reported.
Relations between Riyadh and Tehran have been strained for a
long time over a number of issues, resulting in a geopolitical standoff; Saudi
Arabia considers Iran its main regional threat.